newsourcedotcom:news: Bryter Music

Island Records plan to release an updated version of the legendary 
Nick Drake box set "Fruit Tree."

Originally released in 1979, "Fruit Tree" has been out of print for seven years.

In addition to all three of Nick's classic studio albums
- Five Leaves Left, Bryter
Layter and Pink Moon, this one time only, limited edition
pressing (10,000 copies) of
"Fruit Tree" includes, on DVD for the first time,the Nick Drake
biographical film "A Skin Too Few" and a new 108-page book featuring
song by song analysis byproducer Joe Boyd, engineer John Wood,
arranger Robert Kirby and songwriter/music journalist and
friend Robin Frederick.

The CD sleeves feature mini
replicas of the original sleeves and the box itself replicates the first edition of the
"Fruit Tree" set .

Additionally, a limited quantity of the set (2,000 units) will be available
on premium vinyl. This vinyl set, which includes the DVD and book,
is also a one-time run only.Each album will be housed in a rendition
of its original vinyl sleeve.

The release will be marked by two major Nick Drake themed events
in San Franciscoand Los Angeles, USA, in early October:

Tuesday, October 2nd, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco City Arts & Lectures and Noise Pop present
"Remembering Nick Drake," an evening of conversation with Nick's
sister Gabrielle Drake, producer JoeBoyd who discovered,
signed and produced Drake, and singer/songwriter JolieHolland.
The event, which takes place at The Herbst Theater, is part of the Talking
Music Series. More information at:

http://www.cityarts.net/program.talking.music.html

Wednesday, October 3rd, San Francisco, CA
The 8th Annual San Francisco Documentary Festival will screen documentary "A Skin
Too Few" at the Roxie Theater. More information at: http://sfindie.com/

Friday, October 5th, Los Angeles, CA

The American Cinematheque presents a special evening saluting Nick Drake at
Grauman's Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The event - titled "A Place To Be - A
Celebration of Nick Drake" - includes the official Los Angeles Premiere of "A Skin
Too Few" and includes the World Theatrical Premiere of a series of short filmed
homages to Nick Drake- created by admirers including Heath Ledger, Jonas Mekas
and Tim Pope - collectively titled "Their Place: Reflections On Nick Drake". Special
guests Gabrielle Drake, Joe Boyd and Robin Frederick will be on hand for a Q&A
panel discussion.

More information at: http://www.americancinematheque.com


We would like to hold more of these events outside the USA in
2008 if there is sufficient interest!

Kind regards

Bryter Music

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NSDTCM:LABEL:SONY/BMG

Probe of music merger near end

No changes likely for Sony BMG

By IAN MUNDELL

European competition regulators are set to conclude their investigation of the 2004 merger between Sony Music and BMG later this month. The Financial Times reported this week that a decision endorsing the merger, with no conditions, had already been drafted by the European Commission.

SOURCE:Variety Headlines
LINK:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971793.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:NETWORKS:MTV

MTV.com pulls in record numbers

Site pulled in 4.7 million unique visitors

By STEVEN ZEITCHIK

Rubberneckers to Britney Spears VMA performance Sunday night helped account for a record amount of traffic to the net's site, MTV said Tuesday.

SOURCE: Variety .com Newsletter
LINK:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971832.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:
NETWORKS:VIACOM

Viacom combining web forces

Spike.com to eliminate individual brands

By STEVEN ZEITCHIK

Viacom is combining a number of its Web properties into one entity, banking that one site aimed at young males is better than three or four.
Link:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971851.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:KAISER CHIEFS


We're sorry for the late news on this & any inconvenience or disappointment caused, but we have cancelled a run of gigs in North America this month to find some time to concentrate on recording new material.

We'd like to apologise to fans who had already bought tickets. We've had very little time to focus on the future this year, and we would like to have new material out as soon as possible. We feel the need to spend time on this before our European & UK shows at the end of the year so we can play a few of our new songs live, so we're headed back into the rehearsal studio to begin that process immediately and have shortened our US tour to just these shows below as a result. These few shows below will still go ahead as planned starting with Austin City Limits Festival this weekend.

14th September - Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX (headlining the AT&T Stage)
16th September - Mexico City, Vive Cuervo Salon 21
29th September - New York City, Beacon Theatre (plus support from White Rabbits & Datarock) --- tickets for this show are available here

We have cancelled shows in Detroit, Dallas, Toronto, Nashville, Houston and Atlanta. Tickets are fully refundable from venue Box Offices.

We're very sorry if this is a disappointment and hope to return to North America for a proper tour before long.

Final bit of tour news; tomorrow our show at BBC's Electric Proms goes on sale. This is a one-off performance on Friday 26th October billed as 'Kaiser Chiefs via David Arnold' at The Roundhouse, Camden Town, London.

It's a chance to hear our songs performed and interpreted differently via collaboration with legendary composer and arranger David Arnold who's worked with the likes of Iggy Pop & Bjork and composed many film themes, including James Bond. We're still working out exactly what we're doing, but it will be unique and challenging, and those two things make it exciting.

Tickets for that show are available exclusively here

Also contributing to this year's Electric Proms are Sir Paul McCartney, Sigur Ros, Ray Davies, Lily Allen, Flaming Lips, Justice & Mark Ronson with many more names still to be confirmed

Support on our show comes from Cold War Kids

Good luck getting hold of tickets. We hope to see loads of you there.

Cheers for now
Kaiser Chiefs

kaiserchiefs.co.uk
myspace.com/kaiserchiefs

SOURCE: UNIVERSAL MUSIC

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:UNIVERSAL ROCK NEWSLETTER
GROUP:BE YOUR OWN PET

Nashville-bred punk outfit Be Your Own Pet is at it again! The four teens, known for their high energy punk rock anthems, are in the studio working on the follow-up to their critically acclaimed self-titled first album. We all know how much fun they are to see live, but now you get to watch them record their new album in the studio!

Check out the 3 new videos of BYOP in the studio at their website http://www.beyourownpetmusic.com/

The band also had some fun with the camera so be sure to check out their candid photos!

Be Your Own Pet's next album is set to be released in early 2008 on
Ecstatic Peace Records + Tapes.

In the meantime, make sure to check out their amazing debut album at iTunes, Amazon, or your local music retailer.

SOURCE:UMRG.ROCK

newsssourcedotcom:the dead 60´s

Unfortunately tonight's planned in store appearance at Probe Records in Liverpool is cancelled due to unforeseen personal reasons.

The band would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank their fans for their continued support.

The tour dates will carry on as planned, so make sure you catch The Dead 60s at one of the following:

12 Sep : Dundee - Fat Sams : Buy Tickets
13 Sep : Sheffield - Leadmill : Buy Tickets
14 Sep : London - Borderline : Buy Tickets
15 Sep : Cardiff - Barfly : Buy Tickets
16 Sep : Preston - 53 Degrees : Buy Tickets
21 Sep : London - KoKo (Club NME) : Buy Tickets And don't forget to enter the competition to win a Harrington jacket designed by The Dead 60s. Click here for details.

Stand Up.

www.thedead60s.com

SOURCE:COLUMBIA/SONY BMG/ Deltasonic

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:ARTIST: RYAN DAN
LABEL:Universal Music Major Label/UCJ Records

RyanDan have had another busy few weeks in the run up to this month's album and single releases with appearances on television and radio and more gigs in between. They appeared on the Heaven And Earth show on BBC1 for an interview and performance of Tears Of An Angel and had a more light-hearted chat and showed the video of Like The Sun on That Anthony Cotton Show. Ryan and Dan also appeared on Channel 5's Doctor Doctor in a programme focussing on brain tumours and discussed their work with Brain Tumour UK. Last week the guys also appeared briefly on Channel 4 news and SKY News to pay tribute to the late great Pavarotti and talked about what his music meant to them. The guys continued their whirlwind tour of regional radio stations all over the country doing interviews and performances to promote the release of the single Like The Sun and the album RyanDan.

In-between all of this they managed to squeeze in performances on the final dates of Katherine Jenkins' summer tour and a gig in Blackpool for BBC Radio 2 alongside Natalie Imbruglia, McFly and Natasha Bedingfield. You can read more about these performances in Ryan and Dan's blog on

http://www.ryandan.com/

and myspace.com/ryandan

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

17th September - Like The Sun (single) Released in the UK. (Now available for digital download - visit ryandan.com for details)

18th September - The Face (single) Released digitally in Canada.

24th September- RyanDan (album) Released in the UK

RYANDAN TV

RyanDan will be making more television appearances in September. Keep an eye on ryandan.com and myspace.com/ryandan for new shows as they are announced. Here are a couple of shows to put in your diary now:

11th September - Poker Channel - Sky 846, 9pm
18th September - Five News - 11.45am - Channel 5

Past TV performances are available on RyanDan's youtube channel at www.youtube.com/ryandanofficial , http://www.bebo.com/ryandan
www.virb.com/ryandan , http://trig.com/ryandan

The album was produced by Steve Anderson (Kylie Minogue’s long-term musical collaborator), mixed by Ren Swan (Il Divo / KT Tunstall) and recorded in a private London recording studio owned by Grammy winning songwriter Terry Britten (Tina Turner's “What's Love Got To Do With It”). With a vintage Neve sound console once used by Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, and a microphone used by Frank Sinatra, the album combines Pro Tools technology and vintage recording equipment to beautifully create the rich orchestra accompaniment required for RyanDan's unique voices.
Source:UNIVERSAL NEWSLETTER/ RYANDAN.COM

NSDTCM:APPLE/STARBUCKS

Apple and Starbucks have announced an partnership that lets customers wirelessly buy and download music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at Starbucks directly onto their iPod, iPhone, or computer.

When a customer enters a participating location, their device will automatically recognize the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store using a high-speed Wi-Fi wireless network with no connection fee or hotspot login.

Customers will be able to search and preview millions of songs, including being able to find out what song is playing in that Starbucks store at that moment. Prices and selection on the Tunes Wi-Fi Music Store are the same as on the regular iTunes Store.

The service will make its debut at more than 600 Starbucks company-operated locations in New York and Seattle on October 2.

SOURCE:FILTERMAG.COM NEWS

ENTIRE NEWS AT:http://filter-mag.com/index.php?id=15347&c=1

newssourcedotcom:NEWS:(U.K.)
Label:COLUMBIA RECORDS/DELTASONIC

First things first though, as of TODAY, Stand Up is available to download from all good online stores. There's the Live version, the Oscar The Punk remix, or for the traditionalists among you, the good old album version. To order from iTunes (U.K) who also have an exclusive acoustic version available. The Dead 60s have teamed up with Fred Perry to create an exclusive line of Harrington jackets. Fred Perry will be releasing 500 of the Red Stuart Tartan and Monochrome Cornish Tartan Harrington worldwide at a cost of £115 each. They are individually numbered and have the band's stamp on the back neck label.

http://www.thedead60s.com/

www.myspace.com/thedead60s

http://www.bebo.com/thedead60s

SOURCE: COLUMBIA/DELTASONIC UK

NSDTCM: NETWORKS: MTV VMA´S 2007

WINNERS OF THE 2007 VMA´S

Male Artist of the Year: Justin Timberlake

Female Artist of the Year: Fergie

Quadruple Threat of the Year: Justin Timberlake

Best Group: Fallout Boy, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"

Monster Single of the Year: Rihanna, "Umbrella"

Most Earthshattering Collaboration: Beyonce and Shakira, "Beautiful Liar"

Best Editing: Ken Mowe for Gnarls Barkley's "Smiley Faces"

Best Director: Samuel Bayer for Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around ... Comes Around"

Best Choreography: Marty Kudelka for Justin Timberlake's "Let Me Talk to You/My Love"

Best New Artist: Gym Class Heroes

source: MTV /MSNBC/ WIREIMAGE.COM/ Photo by John Shearer

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL: TOOTH AND NAIL RECORDS / BEC

theflameinallofus.com

myspace.com/thousandfootkrutch

purevolume.com/thousandfootkrutch

myspace.com/mainstay
purevolume.com/mainstayrock

myspace.com/fallingup
purevolume.com/fallingup
fallingup777.com

SOURCE: BEC/TOOTH AND NAIL RECORDS

NEWSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL:ISLAND
ARTIST : SUM 41
Sum 41 start their tour with Yellowcard on September 9^th.See when they'll be performing in your city and buy tickets now! To see Sum 41 before you catch them in concert check out the video for their song "Walking Disaster". You can watch the video right now on Sum41.com.

source:island rock newsletter

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL: ISLAND

FALL OUT BOY
Don't forget to tune into the MTV VMA's this Sunday, Fall Out Boy is nominated for two awards and they'll be performing!








BON JOVI
The video for the title track of Bon Jovi's newest album is now playing on their site. go to BonJovi.com now and watch the video for "Lost Highway".








THE BRAVERY
The Bravery have been on tour all summer and are showing no signs of slowing down. If you haven't seen them yet, don't waste another second. Check their schedule, see when they're playing near you, and buy tickets. The Bravery are currently on tour supporting Incubus and begin a string of dates with the Smashing Pumpkins on September 24^th.

SOURCE: ISLAND RECORDS ROCK NEWSLETTER

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL:COLUMBIA
ARTIST:VELVET REVOLVER

Interview Videos
Interested parties can now check out interviews with Velvet Revolver on rockin' subjects like the band and the making of the new album.

Just make your merry way over to the AT&T Blue Room.

SOURCE:COLUMBIA RECORDS UK

NEWSOURCEDOTCOM: LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
ARTIST: COHEED AND CAMBRIA

New Album Artwork

The countdown continues on the No World For Tomorrow website and details continue to leak. You can now head over there and check out the suitably cool cover artwork for the forthcoming album. Stay tuned for more details over at the official site.

SOURCE: COLUMBIA RECORDS

NEWSOUCEDOTCOM: LABEL :COLUMBIA
ARTIST:CANDIE PAYNE

Candie to perform at BBC Electric Proms 2007
We can confirm that Candie will be performing with Mark Ronson and the BBC Concert Orchestra at the 2007 BBC Electric Proms on 24 October.

It will be a unique collaborative performance at The Roundhouse in Camden, and Lily Allen, Terry Hall, Santo Gold, and Tim Burgess will also be guesting.

SOURCE:COLUMBIA RECORDS UK
LINK:http://www.columbia.co.uk/news/6613/0/

newssourcedotcom:FOO FIGHTERS

Guess who will be supporting Foos on their November tour?

Legendary System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has been personally invited by the Foo Fighters to be main support on their forthcoming November UK dates.

Check out The Pretender video on the Columbia YouTube (or should we call it 'Foo-Tube?) channel - grab some code and you can embed in your Myspace or other social networking pages!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K1fOEKcEE3s

ALSO:

Serj Tankian releases his highly anticipated debut solo album 'Elect The Dead' through Serjical Strike Records on October 29th, single 'Empty Walls' precedes this on October 15th. Details at www.Serjicalstrike.com

SOURCE: COLUMBIA RECORDS UK
LINK:http://www.columbia.co.uk/news/6628/0/

NSDTCM:LABEL: UMRG/MOTOWN/ REPUBLIC
RELEASES

Nelly
Wadsyaname

Swizz Beatz
One Man Band Man

Q-Tip
Work It Out

David Banner
Speaker feat. Akon,
Lil Wayne
and Snoop Dogg


Kia Shine
Due Season

SOURCE: UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN
©2007 Universal Motown / Universal Republic Records Group

NSDTCM:LABEL :UMRG.com/Hip-Hop Newsletter
ARTIST: CHAMILLIONAIRE

How can a platinum recording, Grammy Award winning artist say thanks to the fans for all their support? Easy, by giving away limited edition commemorative plaques! Hip hop superstar Chamillionaire celebrates the release of his highly anticipated new album, Ultimate Victory, with a brand new contest that fans will love!! Fans simply mail in their official retail store receipt of Chamillionaire's new album. Two hundred (200) lucky fans will receive Gold plaques once the album is certified Gold and three hundred (300) will receive Platinum plaques once the album is certified Platinum. Each plaque will be autographed by Chamillionaire himself. Ultimate Victory in stores September 18th, 2007.

The official track listing is as follows:

1. The Morning News, produced by Kane Beatz

2. Hip Hop Police featuring Slick Rick, produced by JR Rotem

3. Standing Ovation, produced by Kane Beatz

4. Won't Let You Down, produced by Kane Beatz

5. Industry Groupie featuring KC, produced by JR Rotem

6. Pimp Mode featuring Bun B, produced by Happy Perez

7. Rock Star featuring Lil Wayne, produced by The Beat Bullies

8. (Skit)

9.The Bill Collecta featuring Krayzie Bone, produced by Play N Skillz

10.The Ultimate Vacation, produced by The Beat Bullies

11.Come Back to the Streets, produced by The Runners

12. I Think I Love You, produced by The Beat Bullies

13.The Evening News, produced by Kane Beatz

14.Welcome to the South featuring Pimp C, produced by Kane Beatz

15.You Must Be Crazy featuring Famous, produced by Dave M.G.

16.Stuck in the Ghetto (Skit) featuring Tony Henry

17.We Breakin Up, produced by Chops

18. Rocky Road featuring Devin the Dude, produced by Happy Perez

19. The Ultimate Victory, produced by Happy Perez

BONUS
1. Somebody Gonna Get Hurt, produced by Rick Rock
2. Keep it on the Hush featuring Lloyd, produced by Matty P

LISTEN & BUY Chamillionaire's new single and video "Hip Hop Police" on iTunes

Pre-Order Ultimate Victory at Newbury Comics

Look for more contest details @ www.myspace.com/chamillionaire

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI DIES AT 71
Pancreatic cancer was cause of death
Luciano Pavarotti, one of the most famous tenors of the 20th century and a figure whose hefty physique was known to millions as the quintessence of opera, died Thursday at his home in Modena, Italy. He was 71.

SOURCE: VARIETY HEADLINE NEWS
Link:http://www.variety.com/VR1117971447.html

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL: UMG/SANCTUARY

UMG SHUTS SANCTUARY'S U.K. LABELS

U.S. company absorbs roster

By GORDON MASSON

Universal Music Group is shuttering the recorded music division at Sanctuary in the U.K., as the world's biggest music group moves ahead with its plan to exploit its new acquisition's management, merchandising and catalog operations.

source: VARIETY HEADLINE NEWSLETTER
Link:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971453.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM: networks:VIACOM

MTV, MySpace team on 'Love'

Reality show offers date with Tila Tequila

By STEVEN ZEITCHIK

MTV is courting the MySpace demo. Net has greenlit "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila," a reality-dating show featuring the titular star, whose MySpace profile is touted as having the most friends in the history of MySpace.

source: Variety Headline Newsletter
Link:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971494.html?categoryid=1071&cs=1

NSDTCM:THE INC. RECORDS :VANESSA CARLTON

Three Grammy nominations, third studio album... the symbolic third time may well be charming for Vanessa Carlton, whose forthcoming Heroes and Thieves (The Inc. Records) showcases the maturing talents of the 26-year-old singer/songwriter/pianist.

Calling it “the best batch of songs I’ve ever written,” she brings them brilliantly to life with a star team of co-producers – Irv Gotti, Stephan Jenkins and Linda Perry.

The result is a standout collection for an artist who first exploded onto the scene in 2002 with her stunning debut Be Not Nobody and its hit singles “A Thousand Miles” and “Ordinary Day.”

While she did not contribute her writing chops to Heroes and Thieves, the album felt an impact in more ways than one from legendary singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks, with whom Vanessa Carlton toured in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Hip-hop producer/entrepreneur Irv Gotti played an equally strong role in Carlton’s unlikely leap to The Inc. Records, becoming his first new signing since inking a deal with Universal Motown Records.

What Vanessa Carlton has learned during the past five years is clearly the fodder that makes up the most compelling components of Heroes and Thieves, a thematic album best listened to in its entirety, despite the cafeteria habits of the iTunes generation. “People tell me my songs are a little weird or unconventional, but in a good way and I like that,” says Vanessa Carlton. “I really wanted this album to be the one you want to wake up to on a Sunday morning and listen to over and over.”

Stream:
http://video.umrg.com/vanessacarlton/nolitafairytale/


Audio
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http://umrg.edgeboss.net/real/umrg/617-vanessa_carlton/token/fairytale/01_fairytalemst_96k.ram

www.myspace.com/vanessacarlton
www.vanessacarlton.com

SOURCE: ICED MEDIA

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL:UMG
BY GORDON MASSON

Universal Music Publishing Group has announced its new senior executive team to lead its European operations.

The company has been forced to reorganize because of its successful acquisition of BMG Music Publishing and its assets. The new team was named Monday by David Renzer, chairman and CEO of UMPG, and Paul Connolly, president of Europe/U.K. for UMPG.

The team includes Simon Baker, VP finance and operations Universal Music Publishing Europe; Jean-Philippe Allard, managing director, France; Markus Wenzel, managing director, Germany; Claudio Buja, managing director, Italy; Martin Ingestrom, managing director/VP, Nordic countries; Carmen Lopez, managing director, Spain and Portugal/VP creative, Latin region; Frank Bruens, managing director, Benelux; Rainer Bischof, managing director, Austria, Switzerland, and Koch Music Publishing; Antal Boronkay, managing director, Hungary; and Dominika Novakova, general manager, Czech Republic.

Each of the promoted executives will report to Connolly.

SOURCE:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971221.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:SIGUR ROS

LABEL: XL

Sigur Ros have confirmed the upcoming release of both a DVD titled Heima, and a double CD set called Hvarf/Heim. Both will have a November 6th US release date, via the XL label.

With Heima translating into "At Home", the DVD will feature exclusive footage from a series of free concerts in their native Iceland during the summer of 2006.

Hvarf/Heim will be comprised of two EPs.

The Hvarf CD will feature a bunch of lost songs from Sigur Ros' history, while Heim will include six live, acoustic tracks from all four Sigur Ros studio albums.

SOURCE: FILTER MAG.COM NEWSLETTER

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM: ANGELS AND AIRWAVES

Angels And Airwaves new single, Everything's Magic is now out !!!!!

This is ahead of the full single release of Everything's Magic, which is now the 15th of October, available on CD and 7" picturedisc.

The new album I-Empire is released on October 22nd , you can get a sneak peek of everything that's been going into the making of this album on www.angelsandairwaves.com

Watch this space for more info!

www.angelsandairwaves.com

www.myspace.com/angelsandairwaves

SOURCE:UNIVERSAL/ ISLAND

nsdtcm:news:M83 ANNOUNCES AMBIENT SERIES: DIGITAL SHADES

"DIGITAL SHADES VOL. 1" RELEASED DIGITALLY SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Digital Shades is an ongoing ambient series from acclaimed French musician M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez. "Digital Shades Vol. 1" will be released in the U.S. digitally on September 4, 2007. Originally recorded in 2006, "Digital Shades Vol. 1 "will precede the release of M83's next full-length artist album. The album, as yet untitled, is set for release in early 2008 and will be a continuation of the vast and epic soundscapes that are synonymous with M83. Gonzalez is currently in the studio working on the album, which is being recorded with Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, Sugar Cubes, Cocteau Twins, Suede) and Ewan Pearson (Tracey Thorn, The Rapture, Ladytron).

Listeners will find the same textured richness throughout the Digital Shades series as can be found on all of M83's releases. And while not a categorical sonic shift, Digital Shades follows its individual elegiac, lunar and dream-like path.

Recorded primarily at his home studio with the assistance of Antoine Gaillet,Gonzalez was able to work without pressure, working on the record at his own time and pace. Inspired by Eno and Krautrock in its many forms, M83 focused heavily on subtleties and atmospherics during the writing process. The idea of digital, relevant during all the process (from creating the music to sharing it), gave him the idea to call the project "Digital Shades Vol.1", and to make the album part of an ongoing series.
SOURCE:MUTE.COM

http://www.ilovem83.com
http://www.myspace.com/m83
http://www.mute.com

newssourcedotcom:label:universal republic/universal motown

International superstar Akon gets Konvicted all over again. This week, Akon re-releases his multi-platinum album, Konvicted in a Deluxe Edition. The new improved "Konvicted" album features "Sorry, Blame It All On Me", "Don't Matter" (Calypso Remix) and "Rush" featuring Akon's newly signed artist Kardinal Offishall. The new album also features the music videos to the smash hits "Smack That", "I Wanna Love You", and "Don't Matter", plus exclusive footage of Akon's last trip back home to Senegal.

source:umg.pop newsletter

newssourcedotcom:label:universl republic/universal motown

With her highly-anticipated new album, Heroes & Thieves, due out in October, Vanessa Carlton is poised to be on top of the world very soon. While we await her pop domination, we are treated to her brand new video for the single "Nolita Fairytale," called a "shimmering burst of downtown NYC bliss" by Entertainment Weekly.

SOURCE: UMRG.POP